Lee Johnson sealed his first League One win as Sunderland manager with a 4-0 thrashing of promotion rivals Lincoln.
Grant Leadbitter’s fourth goal of the season put the lads in front and goals from Charlie Wyke and Diamond gave Sunderland a superb lead going into the break. Wyke added a second with less than 20 minutes to play and sealed a first League One win in over a month.
There was no doubt this was Lee Johnson’s biggest test yet, against a side second in the table and eight points above his new team.
Sticking to a 4-3-3 system, Johnson made